Improvement in washing-machines for brewers  use



F. CBAMME. Washing-Machine fnrrewer's Use. NO. 164 906.Pate'ntedju'ne29,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Granen.i

'FRIEDRICH CRAMME, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHINGMACHINES FOR BREWjERS USE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,906, dated June 29,1875 application filed April 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH GRAMME, of the city of New York, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Washing-Machine for Brewers 5 and Ido herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists inv the construction and arrangementof a Washingmachine for brewers use, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In the annexed drawing, Figure l is an end elevation of my machine. Fig.2 is a transverse vertical section of the same; and Fig. 3 is a part ofan enlarged vertical section of the same.

A represents a cylinder of any suitable dimensions, made of corrugatedsheet metal, and perforated with a suitable number ol' smallpert'orations or holes, the heads of the cylinder being made of plainmeta-hand provided in their centers with projecting journals a a. Thesejournals are held or supported in bearings or boxes B B, into each ofwhich are serewed two tubular legs, C O. The legs are connected bysuitable braces, forming thereby a stand for supporting the boxes inwhich the cylinder A revolves.

The cylinder is provided with a door or dump, D', extending the entirelength of the cylinder, and held by means of flanged cast- One of thesecastings is permanently secured to the end of the cylinder, while theother is fastened to hinged arms d d, and held in place for locking thedump by means of a button, e.

The journal a of the cylinder A is hollow from the outer end inward, fora suitable distance, and from this journal extend four pipes, h h,radially at equal distances apart, to near the circumference of thecylinder, where the pipes are provided with elbows, and passlongitudinally through the cylinder to the opposite end. The lportionsof the 4pipes h within the cylinder are perforated for the escape of thewater, which is admitted through suitable connecting-pipes and couplingsto the hollow journal a, and passes from thence into and through thepipes h h, into the cylinder.

The journal a. of the cylinder is solid, and projects beyond the outerside of its box B, for the reception of a cog-wheel, G, and crank F..V

On one of the legs @immediately below the cog-wheel G, is pivoted alever, H, the shorter end of which forms a pawl, fi, to take into saidcog-wheel, and the other end is provided with a weight, I, to hold thepawl in the cog-wheel. 4

By means of the crank E, the cylinder is revolved in one direction, the`weighted lever and pawl holding it from turning in the oppositedirection.

This machine is used for Washing wood shavings, such as used for makingthe beer bitter, which wood shavings are often used when hops are veryexpensive.

rIhe shavin gs are placed in the cylinder or drum, and the same is' thenrevolved by the crank, the water passing through the pipes,

as above described, which thoroughly cleans the shavin gs.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a washing-machine for brewers use, the revolving cylinder A,provided with the hollow journal a, and the pipes lt h leading therefromto near the periphery ot' the cylinder, and then longitudinally throughthe same,

the portions within the cylinder being perforated, all substantially asand for the purposes herein sehforth.

2. The combination, with the perforated revolving cylinder A, of thedoor or dump D, flanged castings b b, hinged arms d d, and button e, asand for the purposes herein set forth. v

In testimony' that I claim the foregoing as my own I aiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

FRIEDRICH CRAMME.

Witnesses ROBERT WETsLIoH, HERMAN Sonar-Nn.

